noun 1. a thin, often oval board, usu. with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. 2. the range of colors used in a particular painting or by…
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WOTD: harassment
noun behavior that threatens, attacks, or offends another person repeatedly.After receiving several threatening and abusive phone calls from the same person, he went to the police to complain of harassment. See the…
WOTD: malfunction
intransitive verb 1. to fail to operate or function.Many soldiers died when their parachutes malfunctioned. 2. to function or operate poorly.The lawnmower has been malfunctioning recently, and I need to have somebody…
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